Improvement in cans and covers therefor



G. H. GHINNOGK. Can and Cover therefor.

No. 221,667. Patented Nov. 18, I879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. OHINNOOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LEONARDRICHARDSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS AND COVERS THEREFOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,667, dated November18, 1879; application filed September 3, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. GHINNOGK, of Brooklyn, in Kings county,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cans and Covers Therefor, of which the following is a specifica tion.

Myinvention consists in the combination of acan-cover having a rim and astrip detachably affixed outside the latter with a canbody provided withan outward offset at some distance below its mouth, a portion extendingupward from the outer extremity of the offset and slanting graduallyinward to lessen the diameter of the can, and a bead extending outwardfrom the inner end of said incline portion near the mouth of the can,whereby can-tops having strips of dift'erent widths applied to them maybe tightly and conveniently secured to cans.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a partly-sectional side Viewof a can-cover provided with a rim and a (letachably affixed stripaccording to my invention. Fig. 2 is a partly-sectional side view of acan-body embodying my invention; and Fig. 3is a central vertical sectionof such a can-body and top secured together. I

Similar letters of referencedesignate corresponding parts in all thefigures. A is a eanbody, represented as cylindrical in form, providedwith an external offset, a, at some distance below its inouth. From theouter extremity of said offset a. a slanting portiori extends upward andinward, lessening the diameter of the can, and having above it, near themouth of the can, a head or projee tion, I).

B designates a cover, provided with a rim, 0, adapted to fit over themouth of the canbody, above the bead-or projection b, and having affixedto the outside of said rim a strip, 0, by means of soft solder, or bymeans of crimping by bending it over the top of the cover or otherwise.This strip overlaps the can-body to, or nearly to, the external offset,a, and is secured thereto by soft solder to fasten the cover in placeand hermetically seal the can.

The external offset, a, extending upward and inward under the rim 0 ofthe cover, precludes the soft solder employed to secure the strip 0 tothecan-body from coming in contact with the said rim, so as to fasten itto the cover.

It will be seen that by my invention I provide covers with detachablyaffixed fasteningstrips, which may be made and sold for application tocans made by others, and which will, after the ripping off of thefastening-strips, leave clean and square-edged rims, adapting themforuse without attachment to the body-- '5. e., as loose covers, andwhich again may have fastening-strips affixed to them.

It willj also be seen that I provide a can whose cover may be readilyand expeditiously secured in place without danger of permanentlyfasteningit, and that covers having strips of different widths may betightly and conveniently secured to the body of a can, owing to theinclined or slanting portion above the external offset, a.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of a can-cover, having a rim and a strip detachablyaflixed outside the latter, with a can-body provided with an outwardoffset at some distance below its mouth, a portion extending upward fromthe outer extremity of the offset, and slanting gradually inward tolessen the diameter of the can, and a bead extending outward from theinner end of said incline portion near the mouth of the can,substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

GEO. H. CHINNOGK. Witnesses:

CHANDLER HALL, THOMAS E. BIRCH.

